Reviews
Praise for The Scarlet Ball and Nghi Vo
“The Scarlet Ball is a dark jewel of a novel: part Gothic fairy tale, part nightmare of manners, and entirely its own. Vo conjures a Gilded Age New York both recognizable and terrifyingly transformed, where beauty is currency, ritual is power, and a single wrong step may prove more than just socially fatal. The Scarlet Ball peels back the silk and glamour of the Four Hundred to reveal the literal monsters lurking within.”—Shana Abé, New York Times bestselling author of The Second Mrs. Astor and A Crown of Stars
“Blending the realism and wit of Edith Wharton with the indulgence and romance of fantasy, Vo has created something wholly unique and wildly genius. Clever, vicious, and gorgeous—my favorite of hers yet.”—Ava Reid, #1 New York Times bestselling author
“A faced-paced work of glittering, bloody imagination, delivered in scathing and luxurious prose. It pulled me in, held me captive, then spat me out changed and triumphant. Utterly fantastic.”—Freya Marske, USA Today bestselling author
"After reading The Scarlet Ball, one has to wonder whether Vo is a witch herself, perhaps married not to a flood or wildfire but a demon of stories and genius. The Scarlet Ball is so utterly original, so spellbinding, so effortlessly plotted and so gorgeously written, it's hard to believe a mere mortal could write it, and yet she did, and I stand in awe of it and her."—Johanna Van Veen, USA Today bestselling author of Blood on Her Tongue
"My favorite read of the year so far. What a vicious, ambitious, HUNGRY book. I want to immediately read it again."—Katee Robert, New York Times bestselling author
"A whirlwind of a story, a tempest of imagination and full of the most dangerous magic, The Scarlet Ball is as breathtaking as it is entertaining. For wicked dreamers everywhere."—Alma Katsu, author of Incarnate
"Filled with demons and witchcraft, scheming and seduction, Nghi Vo's The Scarlet Ball is a dark, opulent descent into a Gilded Age that never was. This is a novel of immense power and imaginative force. It's nothing short of wonderful."—J. M. Miro, international bestselling author of Ordinary Monsters
"Nghi Vo is one of the most original writers we have today."—Taylor Jenkins Reid
"So good I want to marry it."—Martha Wells on the Singing Hills Cycle
"Nghi Vo is so good."―NPR on The Brides of High Hill
“I love it with the passion of a thousand burning hearts... From the old bones of an American classic, Vo has conjured up something magically alive.”—The Washington Post on The Chosen and the Beautiful
